Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

4 reviews

prairieraven's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Highly recommend Reader should read the 2 pages of warnings before beginning, it's at the front of the novel and easy to find

Good read for fans of horror, extreme violence, anti-heros, slasher novels, psychopaths, sociopaths, serial killers, dark romance stories of vengeance, torture, light BDSM, smut, rough sex, sprinkled with wit and dark humour. 

Reads like a Christmas Hallmark movie for violent  serial killers/ psychopaths/ sociopaths 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

evren219's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

two serial killers fall in love and become a serial killing team. They only kill other serial killers/bad people.

siobhanward's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I wasn't going to read this since it's so far outside of what I normally read, but it was so divisive in my book club that I couldn't resist and WOW was this a ride. It took me a while to be able to read it with a straight face because it read like it was pulled straight off of Wattpad. Our protagonists were BEAUTIFUL and MISUNDERSTOOD and FLAWLESS and still somehow deeply FLAWED and also IN LOVE but NOT IN LOVE and I couldn't help but wonder who the protagonists were originally when this was a fanfic back in the day.

And things just didn't get better. Weaver went so over the top with trying to make things edgy and rough that it was just over the top and borderline silly. Whether I'm talking about the violence or the smut is up to you.

Anyway, this was a solid reminder that I can usually tell if something will be my style or not before I read it and while going out of my comfort zone can sometimes be good, other times it's a 1* read where I wish I could get back the time I spent reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, and Death of parent

memurrell's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism and Stalking

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Death of parent